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boy with leica M2by `coxi

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I was on a shoot with two actors when this boy appeared. I immediately saw his paper Leica with a built-in kaleidoscope instead of a lens.
I asked him if i could take a photo of him (in german). He didn't quite react. He seemed kind of shy at first. Then i took my camera up (Leica M6) and asked him to do the same. He all of a sudden understood and took his paper camera and looked through it as if he was taking a photo of me too.

Later i found out he was a foreigner on holidays with his parents. He didn't speak a single word in german.

For me this shot was always a tribute to photography as a form of language of its own.

I felt i'd submit something related to Leica, because i just browsed devantart by "leica" and found this: [link]

(darkroom print on agfa MC fiber paper, exposed on efke25 film)

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~ioquacious Apr 24, 2011

The point-and-shoot he has hung around his neck... I have the exact same one. It's retired, though.

!Latvietis Dec 23, 2009

I bet it works better than my Kiev rangefinder.

`coxi Dec 27, 2009

it works better than any other camera i've used so far..

ps: isn't it a bit dangerous to shoot with a kiev in the states ?

*99thbone Nov 26, 2009 Hobbyist Photographer

always a moment where the connection only needs to be seen -- in order to be felt -- later days

~icarus-ica Nov 3, 2009

hab so ne "kaleidoskop-leica" neulich in hamburg in nem geschäft gesehen (und ausprobiert) da musste ich an dein bild hier denken.
macht bessere bilder als ne echte ...